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April 9, 1935. s. J. CULOTTA PRINTING Filed Jan. '27. 1954 Salvaiore J Culolla fnvenzar TQM y Q Hz's Ailorneys PatentedApn9,1935 i i L p f f'1,97, 454 i I Y g i PRINTING I sa twater-er.cuiett ohi ago, 111; V V Applicatiuneanuary 27, 1934, ,Serial No. 7085620 r1 seams. (oiioiesss f Thisinventionrelates to printing. i vention as embodied in oneof the newty'pe bodies Itisan object of this'invention to-provide an which has formed onrits printing face-both a improved printing. which-is relatively simple and combination quotation mark and punctuation inexpen'sivein. construction and emcient in'use. mark printing character; r

V The excellence and mentor printing are iudged. Fig. lAis a view showing the inscription made to a large extent by the attraetivenessof physical by-the type body shown in Fig. l; i make-up and the attention given tddetailswhich Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the incontribute finesseito the printing'i' i vention as embodied in one'cfthe-new-type bodies 1 h ,An objectionable feature that has heretofore bearingon its print'ingkiace bothan'o'ther'form Mi existed inthe composition of typeand'whicli deof the combination quotation mark and'punctua 1'0 tracts-very considerably from the nioety and tio'n mark printingcharacter;- and' a V appearance of typewcompoeition is the usei-n Fig. -2A-is aview showing theinscription'made conjunctioniwith quotation marka of a p etu bythetype body shown in Fig; 2. it i I 1 ation *m'ark printingcharacters soon, r ex A typical embodiment'of the presentinvention I 8 ample, as'a comma'or aperiodcast onatype body is illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing wherein separate from that rontiwhich 'the quotation ina'r k one of the new type bodies is generally indicated or marks are cast and spaced laterally' or horiat I9 and comprises a body II! of metal or other zontally therefrom;, soithatthe counterpart or suitablemater'ial having a printing face l2 upon inscription of the punctuation mark character which is formed, as illustrating andembodying when. printed is either preceded or renewed by aone form of the present-invention, a, combina 20 35 Aloha;

quotation mark or marks, -tliust or or tion'quotationimark andpunctuationmark print-; V 01- -4; thereby causing an otherwise proping character; the printing character being erly spaced line or printing ito appeaaunequaiiy formed integrally withfthe, type body H on the spacednon account of the lack of vertical align? printing face of the latter; 1 V ment between the punctuation iiiark-ahd the qua- The combination character includes single 3'5 tation mark, and the marks, and the reiil ting quotation mark character I13 and a combination blank'space therebetween. ,rfi'hisarrangeinentnet character in the'form of a comma 'I4, and the only is relatively "expensive, requiringtheuse of counterpart or inscription ,ina'cle by this print two separateetype 'bodiesybut is especially objec ing character 13- is shown to the right thereflift tionable and an eyesorewhenapunctuatien iiiaik of in Fig. 1 and is indicated at [5-46. From an and a quotation mark or marks occur at the end of examination of Fig. lit-t ill be observed that the a 1ine,anda1so wnensever alsnort, quoted phrases combination character itit, in addition to bee. are used in sequence in a single sentence, as for -ing cast as integral parts of one type body, rather example: Swanee River, Desert Song, and than upon separate type bodies, which in itself i i effect a distinct economy, has its constituent ele- It is, therefore, an object of the present invenments l3 |4 vertically aligned so that when the tion to overcome and correct the aforementioned inscription 15-46 ismade thereby it brings about and other objectionable features existing in this a neat attractive, and harmonious appearance of phase of the prior art of printing. the quotation and punctuation marks Iii-I6, re-

40 Another object of the present invention is to spectively, as illustrated by the following exam 4o provide a combination type body or printing cha-rples: fAloha, and Desert Song. 7 .Which, com acter having properly spaced and aligned on its pare with the priorartarrangement of: Aloha, printing 'face both a punctuation mark and a and Desert Song It will bereadily observed quotation mark, thereby eliminating the use of from this comparison that the newarrangement 515 two separate type bodies'to print thesecharacters. is muchmore attractive and pleasing to the eye 15 A furtherobjectof the presentinvention is to and enables thegeye to teens itself much, more provide a new and improved type body, for the adily thereon tha d the prior t ar an e purposes herein set forth, and havingcast inment. Hence the present invention overcomes 'tegrally therewith, in vertical alignment, both a" the aforementioned and other objectionable feapunctuation mark character and a quotatiorr turesof thisphase of the prior'art of printing. 50

mark character. In additionpthe arrangement of the quota- Other; objects will appear hereinafter. i tion'and punctuationmarks I5 and 16, in verti- The drawing illustrates two typical embodi cal alignment, one above the other, eliminates I ments of the invention and therein: controversical opinion as to whether the'comma I Fig.1 is a perspective view illustrating the in or period should be placed before or after the 55 scope ofv the appended claims.

is generally indicatedat l1 and comprises a body N3 of metal or other suitable material having a printing face 19 upon which isformed a raised combination printing character 2El-2l, the printed counterparts or inscriptions of this char acter being shown at 22 and 23, respectively, and having the advantages herebefore set forth relative to the type body In. I

While the invention has been illustrated as embodying a combination character made up of single quotation mark and a single punctuation mark in the form of commas and periods, it is indicated that the inventionalso contemplates the use of combination characters including double quotation marks and other punctuation marks than those'showmsuch, for example, as colons, semi-colons, question marks, etc.

The notches 24 in the type bodies it! and H are conventional and for use in locking the type bodies in printing position. r v 1 While I have illustr'atedand described the preferredform of construction for carrying my in- .ventioninto effect, this is capable of'variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construc' tion set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the Having thus described my invention what ,I :claimas new and desireto protect by Letters Patent is:

; 1. A type body including a printing face hav- .ing formedthereon integrally with said body a printed the counterparts or inscriptions formed by its. aforementioned constituentswill be arranged in vertical alignment one above the other in the above-named order on the inscription-re ceiving member. I I

. 2.'A type body including a printing face having formed thereon integrally with said body a.

below said quotation mark character and in ver-.

tical alignment therewith relative to the vertical axis of said type body so that when said combination character is printed theflcounterparts or inscriptions formed by its aforementioned constituents will be arranged in vertical alignment one above the other in the above-named inscription-receiving member. a

3. A type body including a printing face having formed thereon integrally with said body a combination printing character consisting of a (1110'? order on the tation mark character and a punctuation mark character in the form of a comma'arranged below said quotation mark character and in vertical alignment therewith relative to the vertical aXis of said type body so that when said combination character is printed the counterparts or bination printing character consisting of .a single quotation mark. character and a punctuation mark character in the form of'a period arranged below saidquotation mark character and in ver tical alignment therewith relative to the vertical axis of said'type body so that whensaidhcombination character is printed the counterparts or inscriptions formed by its aforementioned constituentswill be arranged in vertical align ment one above the other in the above-named order on the inscription-receiving member."

5. A type body including a printing face having formed thereon integrally with saidbody a 'com bination printing. character 'consistingof a single quotation mark character and a: punctuation mark character in the form of a comma arranged below said quotation mark character andin vertical alignment therewith relative to the vertical axis of said type bodyso that when said com bination character is printed the counterparts or inscriptionsrformed by its aforementioned constituents'will be arranged in vertical alignment one above the other in the above-named order a on theinscription-receiving member.

SALVATORE J. CULOTTA. 

